Our lesson now is o'er

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Our lesson now is o'er

Author: Thomas Hastings
Tune: [Our lesson now is o'er]
Published in 10 hymnals

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1 Our lesson now is o'er,
And we a happy throng,
With grateful hearts unite once more,
To raise a parting song.

Chorus:
Hosanna, hosanna,
Most joyfully we'll sing;
Hosanna, hosanna,
To Jesus Christ our King.

2 What gratitude we owe,
For richest blessing giv'n,
Yet what can little children do
To serve the God of heaven. [Chorus]

3 He never will despise
The smallest of our race;
And He'll regard the humble cries
Of all who seek His face. [Chorus]

4 We'll praise Him for His word,
We'll praise Him for His love,
We'll praise Him that our souls have heard,
His message from above. [Chorus]

Source: Songs for Little Folks: a collection adapted for the home circle and for primary classes in Sunday schools and day schools: containing a number of carefully selected kindergarten songs #24

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Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

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